...to one of the areas where the Americans planned to land on D-Day, codenamed Utah Beach. The practice would begin with a bombardment of the shore on 27 April, after...
...in 1957 from Anthony Eden following the Suez Crisis. He is perhaps best known for his soundbites – describing the breakup of the British Empire as an African ‘wind of...
...Disraeli penned best-selling novels. A more recent development, which may indicate the beginning of a convergence with the US model for former Presidents, is for former Prime Ministers to set...
...best to deal with it was a persistent source of tension. Once George had found an effective parliamentary manager in North, the political situation within Britain, and Parliament’s role within...
...knew how to play on Victoria’s sympathies in the elevated key she appreciated, telling her that he could not think of ‘that gifted being’ without emotion. By his second premiership...
...Sarajevo: ‘News received here heir apparent and his consort assassinated this morning by means of an explosive nature’. Two hours later further detail arrived from the British ambassador in Vienna:...
...consternation at the English court. Fourteenth century Anglo-French relations mostly alternated between hostile rivalry at best to periods of open conflict and war at worst. Through the alliance with Castile,...
...origins of the premiership The so-called ‘Glorious Revolution’ of 1688 helped produce a new power-balance within the English constitution. Monarchs became more dependent upon Parliament to obtain tax revenues and...
...to cultivate the newly-elected Jimmy Carter, helping introduce him to European affairs and trying to sweeten his sour relations with German leader Helmut Schmidt. Carter’s visit to Britain in May...
...(The Police) and ‘Down under’ (Men at work’) had been re-issued? If so, this blog post concerning an exciting new release by The National Archives is not for you…or maybe...